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By Flann O'Brien: My grasp of what he wrote and meant Was only five or six %. The rest was only words and sound — My reference is to Ezra £.
Confessions is the most readable of the three posthumous Behan books that Rae Jeffs transcribed from tapes of Behan. Behan dictated quite a lot of the book so there's some sense of authorial voice. Brendan Behan's Island and Brendan Behan's New York are avoidable cut-and-paste jobs.
Confessions of an Irish Rebel carries on the narrative where Borstal Boy leaves off.
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You'll also still hear "does be" and "do be" in Ballycroy, Co. Mayo, where around 1660 there was a large arrival of migrants accompanying the O'Donnells from Donegal.
Someone once informed me as a kid that the reason why the smokers sat on the right side of the auditorium was that the projector was always positioned at the left rear and the smoke would otherwise interfere with the picture. Mind you, as you know, we were told any old bollocks back in the 1970s
I’ve only read the Ulick O’Connor biography but I’ll see what else is recommended. Come to think of it, I recall my mother reading a memoir by Brendan’s widow Beatrice: that might be worth following up.
Great documentary. I remember watching it when it first aired in 1991. There’s another good documentary on Behan on YouTube: youtu.be/7LdKkPi1xQ4
YouTube video by Alexander Sebley